The title of this post is a play on the Mark Twain book called The Innocents Abroad: The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim’s Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain. Published in 1869, it humorously chronicles … Continue reading →
Didn’t we sort of already know something of this, or at least suspect it? Is it just that it’s now somewhat more official?: Fox’s Jesse Watters featured a bombshell story from Michael Shellenberger and Matt Taibbi on his show on … Continue reading →
Here’s what I think might be one of the most “fair and balanced” discussions of Tucker Carlson’s interview of Putin: As for what I think of the interview and the fact that Carlson did it – I’m not going to … Continue reading →
On McConnell’s latest move: In a dramatic turnaround, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell recommended to GOP senators in a closed-door meeting that they vote against the first procedural vote Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the meeting who were … Continue reading →
I kid you not. I kid you not. From the horse’s mouth: Only now that the sheer numbers of illegal aliens causing mayhem and busting budgets in Democratic cities like New York have become an electoral liability has Biden had … Continue reading →
Very disturbing: 67% of people aged 18-24 in this Harvard-Harris poll view JEWS—not Zionists, not the Israeli government, but specifically Jews, all Jewish people—as a class of OPPRESSORS!! This is the new form of antisemitism. ?????????????????????????https://t.co/lrjBKE6Ute pic.twitter.com/yN48Vs6F0I — John Aziz … Continue reading →
(1) Kevin McCarthy is leaving the House at the end of 2023. Unsurprising, but not laudable. There will be a special election, and his district is very red. Who might replace him? (2) Liz Cheney is thinking of a third-party … Continue reading →
The extreme demonization of Donald Trump continues, with articles such as this one by Robert Kagan. Oh, the horror of a possible Trump presidency: Republicans who have tried to navigate the Trump era by mixing appeals to non-Trump voters with … Continue reading →
Women’s rights organization are basically wholly-leftist boilerplate operations at this point. Maybe they always were, but whether or not that’s the case, it’s become abundantly clear as time has gone on that their principles are utterly changeable, and depend almost … Continue reading →
As with Ukraine, there are so many reports and so much speculation about what’s going on with Israeli plans for Gaza that it’s really hard to know who if anyone to trust. There’s this report that they are waiting for … Continue reading →
I’m in awe of the mental gymnastics it takes to write an opinion piece like this one by David Ignatius: What I admire most about President Biden is that in a polarized nation, he has governed from the center out, … Continue reading →
Here we go again with a roundup. (1) The DOJ is targeting Elon Musk in a suit that makes little sense on any level except as political retaliation. Then again, that’s what the DOJ specializes in these days. (2) And … Continue reading →